The mother of a british serviceman killed in afghanistan says foreign troops shouldn t return, despite the taliban now threatening to take control. I don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever, just leave them. Just leave them to it. He was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. And matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gbs medal tally above 50. And coming up on the bbc news channel: she has waited three olympics to get a medal but holly bradshaw s pole vault bronze is a historic one for britain. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Ministers have defended changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists now scrambling to get home from mexico by sunday morning. The country has just been placed on the travel red list, and means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. Spain remains on the amber list, but the government is now
Holidays in france get easier for fully vaccinated people, as changes are made to the overseas covid travel rules. People returning from france to england, scotland and northern ireland will no longer need to isolate, starting sunday. We want our travel industry to be successful and ideally in the ideal world, i make no bones about it, i wish that people could just travel freely without any of this bureaucracy or tests or anything else. But thousands of brits on holiday in mexico will have to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense, unless they can get home before sunday. We ll have the latest. Also this lunchtime: gold on the track once again. For the first time at these olympic games. Another gold for team gb injapan, as matt walls triumphs in the velodrome taking the olympics medal tally to 50. 11 people are arrested by police investigating the racist online abuse directed at three england footballers after the euro 2020 final. This autumn s rugby league world cup has been post
I don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever. Just leave them. Just leave them to it. £100 million for midfielderjack grealish. Manchester city smash english football s transfer fee record. He was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. And matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gb s medal tally above 50. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the end of an era. Barcelona say lionel messi will not be staying at the club because of financial and structural obstacles. Good evening. The government has been defending new changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists trying to get home from mexico by sunday morning. The country has now been placed on the red travel list which means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. Spain remains on the amber list, but the government is now urging travellers to take a pcr test rather tha
But we have come to the view that this is the best and only way to facilitate an effective information retrieval and provision process and the best way to help northern ireland move further along the road to reconciliation. Borisjohnson promises new measures to deal with racism in football including banning from matches fans who racially abuse players. And britney spears battle to end the conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years goes back to court in los angeles. There s growing confusion about the guidance on wearing face coverings to prevent the spread of coronavirus. It will continue to be compulsory on public transport in london, but not in the rest of england from monday, when restrictions are lifted. London s mayor, sadiq khan, says the rule should have been retained throughout the country. The mayor of the west midlands says he is expecting passengers on all forms of public transport in the west midlands to wear face coverings. In scotland, masks still have t
Jr. , a black man killed as police tried to carry out an arrest warrant last month. Brown s immediate family is now set to see parts of the footage on tuesday, after a judge issued an order to grant the family access. Body cam video is not public record and cannot be released without a court order under north carolina law. And then just moments from now, also we ll be hearing from george floyd s family for the first time since new federal charges were announced against the officers involved in floyd s death. All four former minneapolis police officers now facing federal charges for violating floyd s constitutional rights. More on that in a moment. Cnn s natasha chen joining us from elizabeth city, north carolina, where people are gathering. What more are you learning? reporter: fred, we re here with a number of clergy members from throughout the state of north carolina. You can see all of them have lined up here, walking together, holding signs that ask for transparency, a special inve